<![CDATA[Do people do intro posts on Mastodon?]]>Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? I don't know.

Hi, I'm Thomas - new here and possibly moving from Threads because it's driving me nuts.

From the UK, live on a narrowboat, PhD in formal logic focussing on legal reasoning. Now a software engineer trying building a site to document arguments ( Controvis ) - argumentation is one of my main interests (both formal and not).

Economically left and socially liberal. Was a member of the Lib Dems but didn't think they took a hard enough stance against transphobia. So erm, maybe I'll join the Greens, I don't know.


]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/65b608bd-bc4f-4240-8f15-c8175cf01915/do-people-do-intro-posts-on-mastodonRSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 10:38:03 GMTTue, 17 Mar 2026 11:46:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:05:16 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking

Welcome Thomas!

Feel free to ask if you want help using this place πŸ™‚ There is also lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/116251971842404532https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/116251971842404532Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:05:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:50:28 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking
I follow another UK narrowboat liveaboard, in case you'd like to compare notes:

@PKYo

Welcome to the Mastodon community, where connection is more important than reach, and your own choices are the algorithm.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/donaldham/statuses/116250969918353308https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/donaldham/statuses/116250969918353308Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:50:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:50:31 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking yes, intro posts are sensible. Welcome to the fediverse! You must tell us about your narrowboat living!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mammut.gogreenit.net/users/chewie/statuses/116249790473718066https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mammut.gogreenit.net/users/chewie/statuses/116249790473718066Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:50:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:28:20 GMT]]>@eljorgeabides Fixed it!!!

Feel free to ask questions about the site etc. It's really meant more as a social enterprise thing and I love discussing it with people.

Work in progress, recently big UI changes, and I still need to setup a site liveness check lol

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116239675374121286/statuses/116249703234870380https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116239675374121286/statuses/116249703234870380Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:28:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:24:22 GMT]]>@eljorgeabides OMG thank you for letting me know. It was working yesterday. Will see what is going on.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116239675374121286/statuses/116249687628279315https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116239675374121286/statuses/116249687628279315Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:24:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:22:41 GMT]]>@theraccoonbytes hard to pinpoint. Partly the algorithm I think, I just get shown people making the worst takes from across the political spectrum. I don't just mean takes I disagree with, I mean ones that seem designed to get engagement/rile people up.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116239675374121286/statuses/116249681004663940https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116239675374121286/statuses/116249681004663940Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:22:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:11:31 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking Welcome along.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/arratoon/statuses/116249401207679051https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/arratoon/statuses/116249401207679051Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:11:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:23:29 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking Yes, and welcome. Here you'll find

No algorithm
No ads
No billionaire owners

Plenty of Linux, BSD, and open source users. And of course people interested in saving the planet.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/samueljohnson/statuses/116249212292115108https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/samueljohnson/statuses/116249212292115108Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:23:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:29:57 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking welcome!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Oldfartrant/statuses/116248765859404552https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Oldfartrant/statuses/116248765859404552Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:29:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:22:27 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking It’s customary to do intro posts, but somehow I’ve never managed to do one! Welcome πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/DawnBlackbirds/statuses/116248736380470317https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/DawnBlackbirds/statuses/116248736380470317Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:22:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:02:35 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking Welcome! Intro posts are definitely a thing here. Hope you find your crowd here, it takes a little more effort to start with than other places.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://woof.group/users/ocnurb/statuses/116248658309606898https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://woof.group/users/ocnurb/statuses/116248658309606898Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:02:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:02:26 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking Welcome to the fediverse. Thank you for leaving X. The world is better for your doing so.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wirejunkie.net/users/Ooze/statuses/116248657681996407https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wirejunkie.net/users/Ooze/statuses/116248657681996407Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:02:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:30:03 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking

Hi, Thomas. Welcome home.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TheEddieShow/statuses/116248530366933201https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TheEddieShow/statuses/116248530366933201Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:30:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:37:44 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking Welcome to Mastodon!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/pirategoddess/statuses/116248324625231105https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/pirategoddess/statuses/116248324625231105Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:37:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:23:57 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking why is driving you nutz?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/115868408494460202/statuses/116248270417084927https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/115868408494460202/statuses/116248270417084927Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:23:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:20:22 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking welcome!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/Sablebadger/statuses/116248256373177524https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/Sablebadger/statuses/116248256373177524Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:20:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:05:32 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking hello!

FYI, your company sounds awesome and I would like to learn more however,
I went to look at your company site and received an invalid SSL certificate error.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/eljorgeabides/statuses/116248198040835073https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/eljorgeabides/statuses/116248198040835073Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:05:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:20:47 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking
welcome!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hcommons.social/users/tkinias/statuses/116247786124046825https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hcommons.social/users/tkinias/statuses/116247786124046825Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:20:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:20:04 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking hello and welcome!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spacey.space/users/OliviaVespera/statuses/116247783305936817https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spacey.space/users/OliviaVespera/statuses/116247783305936817Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:20:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:49:50 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking Welcome!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://birds.town/users/cheriecreationstruck/statuses/116247428511717693https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://birds.town/users/cheriecreationstruck/statuses/116247428511717693Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:49:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:24:27 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking Hello HelloπŸ‘‹

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenchen.social/users/also/statuses/116247092733398335https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenchen.social/users/also/statuses/116247092733398335Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:24:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:23:56 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking Welcome! Yes, a lot of us do intro posts, and thank-you for yours!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Retreival9096/statuses/116246618857859632https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Retreival9096/statuses/116246618857859632Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:23:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:56:30 GMT]]>@thomaschristopherking notifications go only to boosts (not to faves) but yeah, proofreading is helpful.

A known conundrum is: do I fix the typo and inform everyone about it, or do I let the post keep going around with the typo, and have everyone see it πŸ˜‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/marsiposa/statuses/116245567293617129https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/marsiposa/statuses/116245567293617129Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:56:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do people do intro posts on Mastodon? on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:50:43 GMT]]>@marsiposa Ah thanks that's good to know. If people are getting notifications I'll probably proof-read my replies before posting (on Threads I proof-read after posting lol)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116239675374121286/statuses/116245544541724865https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116239675374121286/statuses/116245544541724865Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:50:43 GMT